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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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